Prospects for using remote blood pressure monitoring of at the primary health care level

To study the effectiveness and prospects of using telemedicine technologies for monitoring blood pressure (BP) in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) at the primary care level, remote BP monitoring was carried out using a digital platform. The study included 146 patients with uncontrolled BP, who measured BP at least twice a day using automatic monitors with Bluetooth data transfer. Measurement data were received by the remote monitoring system, where they were automatically processed and transmitted to the attending physician’s personal account. During the 10-month follow-up of patients with AH, target BP values below 135/85 mmHg were achieved in 83% of cases. During remote monitoring, therapy adjustments were observed: the number of patients on monotherapy decreased from 22.4% to 8% (p<0.05).